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Land Adjudication Act, 2000 (Act No. 14 of 2000).

Pays/Territoire
Trinité-et-Tobago
Type du document
Législation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Titre complet
An Act to provide for the adjudication of rights and interests in land and for purposes connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Sujet
Terre et sols
Mot clé
Régime foncier Transfert Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Cadastre/enregistrement des terres Règlement des différends Prescription acquisitive/usucapion
Aire géographique
Amériques, Caraïbes, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Atlantique Nord, Petits états insulaires en développement
Résumé

The Minister may by Order in such form as may be prescribed, declare any area to be an adjudication area, from such date as may be specified in the Order (sect. 3). There shall be an Adjudication Officer who shall be an attorney-at-law of at least ten years The President shall appoint such Assistant Adjudication Officers, Demarcation Officers, Recording Officers and Survey Officers as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act. The Adjudication Officer in consultation with the Director of Surveys shall divide the adjudication area into two or more adjudication sections or declare the whole adjudication area to be a single adjudication section and shall give each adjudication section a distinctive number (sect. 4). Procedures of adjudication are laid down in sections 6 to 16. The Adjudication Officer shall prepare a separate notice in respect of each adjudication section, and in each such notice shall: (a) specify as nearly as possible the location and limits of the adjudication section; (b) declare that all interests in land in each adjudication section will be ascertained and recorded in accordance with the provisions of this Act (sect. 6). Every person claming any land or interest in land within an adjudication area shall make his claim in the manner and within the period specified by the notice given under section 6. All unclaimed land shall be deemed to be State land until the contrary is proved (sect. 17). The adjudication record shall be in a prescribed form in respect of each parcel of land. The Minister may make Regulations for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions and purposes of this Act (sect. 27). (28 sections divided into 6 Parts)

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.ttparliament.org

Références - Législation

Amendé par

Land Adjudication (Amendment) Act No. 10 of 2018.

Législation | Trinité-et-Tobago | 2018

Mot clé: Relevés/plans, Régime foncier, Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives, Cadastre/enregistrement des terres, Règlement des différends, Prescription acquisitive/usucapion, Cour/tribunaux

Source: FAO, FAOLEX